The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-24
FRpAY, June 2lth.

lHg opium contrary 10 law. MI
Paul Neumann appeared for The
defendant. Continued to July 1st
at / 80 p. VI.
Simon Dias, Kaua, and Kanaka,
police officers, were charged with
assault and battery on i. Muller, in
Honolulu, on tho night Of the 18th
instant. Mr.. Paul Ncumann was
engaged TO assist the prosecution.
S. X. Kane for defendants. Con-
tinued until moved in.
VIM. IIorspool, charged with dis
orderly conduct, was found guilty
and sentenced to imprisonment Tor
II hours and to pay costs $500.
At II O'Clock the Court resumed
the hearing of the assault and bat
terry case from the previous day.
The Court was well filed but not
crowded. II. b. NJ. Commissioner,
and Sir A. Gooch, Bart, Mr.. John
II. Patty, Mr.. II. i. Glade and Hon.
II. a. Widemann, were amongst
the audience.
j. Dowsett, II. NJ. Whitney and
G. Widcmann, appeared TO answer
the charge preferred yesterday.
Mr.. A. =. Peterson appeared to
assist the prosecution.
Examination of l.. Muller restlm-
ed: All the visitors at my house left
about the same time. Dowsett had
not struck the police officer Dias
when | stepped in between them.
He had not hold Of the bride of the
policeman's horse. Dias tried to
follow Dowsett again. | then went
further out in the street, and on
turning round saw four or five
gentlemen leaning against the gate.
then saw Dias lunging onto them
head first. Up to that time Dias
had made no charge of arrest against
any of the party. When | came out
of the house there was no disturb
ance being made. No shouting.
In the house we were having good
time, singing and enjoying our
selves. l heard no shouting at the
gate. Seeing that one of the party
was arrested, | went down the
street to see who was in the hands
of the policemen. / went to the
junction Of Hotel and Ricnard. and
then policeman came and grabbed
me from behind, that was the last +
saw of the disturbance. | should
judge there were about 20 police
men about at that time. There is
usually one stationed near the cor
ner of thc street. Six is the most |
have seen around the neighhorhood
at one time. ] saw no policeman
but the mounted police before the
reinforcements came up. 1t was
Mr.. Creighton whom / saw in the
hands of the police. / saw Creigh-
ton volunteer to hold Dias's horse,
but Dias said 'No."
Re-eXamined by the Marshal.
Hatch, Whiting, Creighton, Ma
Their, Tweedie and others.
The Marshal asked witness to
name the gentlemen who were at his
house that night.
Mr.. Whiting objected to the di-
rect examination being re-opened.
Who came out Of the house,?
Whiting and Hatch came out first,
and after q moment or two, Mr..
Widemann, Mr.. Dowsett, Whitney,
Creighton, Mather, Sproull, Baird,
and Tweede.
When got to the gate neither
Mr.. Hatch nor Mr.. Whiting were
in sight. do not think Mr.. Wide
mann drank any liquor. About the
others | cannot swear that they did
not drink liquor. We drank alto
gether one bottle of champagne,
part of two bottles beer and small
drop of brandy. That was all that
was drunk at my house. When we
left the Hotel we felt that we had
finished for the evening. | was
not the slightest under tie influence
OF liquor myself. | did not notice
that any of the gentlemen made any
noise. There was only singing. II
could not be quarter OF mile
from the house. We sang Aud
Lang Syne. We had no leader.
We had been sitting down quietly,
then sang "God, Save the Queen, "
and afterwards sang "Auld Lang
Syne." When the gentlemen were
going away | had no coat on, intend
ing to go to he'd Immediately after
wards. The first l heard between
Dias and Dowsett was DiOs asking
Dowsett to fight. When Dowsett
told him to take off his badge and
he would. lie was not excited.
swear the policeman challenged
Dowselt TO fight first. l did not
hear Dowsett say anything previ-
Gus to that. (Iere the witness re
peated what he heard Robinson say.
The Marshal here put Il series o,
questions to the witness on the sub
ject Of the polioemans badge.
Mr.. Dowsett was not affected by
the liquor he had drunk. ! wanted
the policemen's numbers because
wished to know what was going on
1t looked as though they cane ther'
to create trouble. / lave had pre-
yious experience of policemen fol
lowing me to the gate at night time
A question of an insulting char
acter was here suppressed by tn